Dressing Room Rift .....or Just Media HYPE??

Will this Alleged rift in Dressing room cost India the place in the Finals?

This tour Down Under has been a long one for the Indian Team. What started with the hope of India's best chance to win a series in Australia has seen a lot of downs for the Indian Cricket team as it lost the series 4-0 and this performance was termed as one the most pathetic display of test performance since the 1960's.

This long tour has taken the toll of many players and going by the performance of senior players like Sachin and Viru who have not been able to give any impactful performance in this series till now has made Dhoni make comments during the post match press conferences which makes us believe that the dressing room atmosphere has changed and is not good at all. His decision of rotating openers, i.e playing any 2 of the Viru ,Sachin and Gambhir has received flak from the former Indian and even other cricket legends. Nobody but dhoni approved of this rotation policy because he thinks that playing those three together will decrease the fielding standard hence costing 15-20 runs every match.

I tend to agree with his stress on giving youngsters more chances but that should never be at the expense of the creating discord in the team. I dont agree that what was working in the World Cup cannot work here with Sachin and Viru opening and Gambhir coming at 3. This was the trio which worked during the WC and i have a strong belief that this can work right now also. I know that Viru and Sachin are not known for their fileding but we still can shield these fielders by positioning them inside the 30 yards circle at position like square leg and other strategically place positions where they have minimum of work to do. As they are good sli[ catchers they can act as one during the 20 overs of power-plays. I feel Dhoni is a bit harsh when he compares Gambhir's fielding ability with these two as he is just 30 yrs old and when it come to running between the wickets he can be considered a good runner too. His form was not good during the test series but he has overcome his shortcoming and now playing more confidently.

Giving rest to one of them every 2 matches also takes away the much needed batting opportunity in match situations hence hampering the form he may be in or may get into. I am also not able to comprehend the Dhoni is justifying the decision as even the youngsters like Raina, Jadeja and Rohit is not capitalizing on the chances they have got till now. Even Ashwin and Umesh have not delivered to the extent which is needed from them to contribute towards team wins. So now we are at the position that only chance we have to reach the Finals is to win at least 1 match out of the 2 with a bonus point which is a difficult task going by the way have performed till now. The best case sceneario is that they win bot the matches and become the 1st team to qualify for the finals.

If the team as Dhoni suggest has not rift plays to there potential they can win the last two match and wait for the last match to see whom the will play in the finals.

Keeping that in Mind
I wish the ream the best of luck for the next 2 matches

will be back with more updates

Till then
Bye

CB Series till now

Hi Cricket Lovers

Indian team started on a good note till the 15th Over of the first ODI at the MCG carrying on their form of series levelling win in the 2nd T20 Internationals but then the bowlers started bowling jaded and started leaking runs to the Hussey brothers. They gave away nearly an average of 10 runs per over.

It seemed like the bad form of the Indian team will continue from the 4-0 whitewash it suffered in the Test Series when the batting unit collapsed and was not able to chase down 216 in 32 overs. It all turned around when India faced Sri lanka and with the bowlers restricting the Sri lankan team to a modest total the Indian team chased the score down rather easily with 20 balls to spare. Ashwin deservedly won the Man of the Match as he was good with both bat and ball, While he was able to garner turn and bounce on the Perth wicket scalping 3 Sri lankans and also scored 30 runs to guide India through to victory.

The Next match between Srilanka and Australia was a tense affair with Australia managing to keep there nerves in the final stages of the match and scraping through a 5 run win by taking the wicket of the lone ranger  Angelo Mathews who single handedly took Sri lanka so close to the target of 231 which seemed a modest one. If you thought this match was thrilling then the next match between India and Aussie was even more pulsating. In a high scoring match it was Captain cool MS Dhoni who despite his slow start was able to gather  momentum and hit his only boundary which was a huge six over long on when his team needed most and scoring 13 runs of the last over to win the match with 2 balls to spare. Gambhir won the Man of the match for his cool and calm 92 announcing that he is back in form.

If you all thought this was good enough you were treated with another humdinger where India and Sri lanka met at Adelaide and the match ended in a Tie with MS Dhoni again coming to the rescue of the Indian team by scoring 3 runs of the last ball to finish off the match with no side feeling a bit out of luck. MS Dhoni was given the man of the match for innings which showed once again how cool he is. Both teams will be happy with a tie with India rising to be at par with the Aussies on the points table just lagging behind on net runrate. Till now this CB series has got back to us that even ODIs can be exciting and it might help reviving the fans back to there old watching ways where they keep filling the stadium in match of such high quality.

Hope the thrill continues and wish that the Sri lankans also make it hard for the Aussies to remain on top of the table. If that happens i guess it will augur well for the competition as we are only 1/3rd way through this series with 10 more matches to come.

Will be back with more updates.

Till then Bye